>> There is no way to "fix" this: the top a Vim window is always at the >> start of a line, with one exception which is when you are editing a line >> which is itself longer than the whole size of the window: it is possible >> to edit any part of that line, including the end. > > That's what I supposed, but is it a fundamental requirement of Vim? I > mean, if that 'firstline' option was added, could the code be modified > to display any part of the first real line on top of the window? > > I understand it can be nice to keep 'real' lines as a whole, but when > they span 10-15 'visible' lines, it's quite annoying. In my case, I > frequently lose the spot I'm looking at when moving the cursor, > because of the big blocks appearing suddenly.
Yeah, I believe this can be fixed by editing Vim's source code, and shouldn't be too hard, as a good amount of the functionality is already there (because Vim already does it with really long lines). It just needs to be taught to do it in some other circumstances too. It is on my list of things to investigate, and I've already had a very brief look at it. It annoys me too from time to time, and for that reason, I may well get around to it sooner rather than later! Grins, Ben. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
